As school gets back into full swing and the pressures begin to mount, it’s often easy to feel overwhelmed. Goals begin to seem out of reach, small tasks begin to feel insurmountable, and doubt creeps in and decides to run your life. If you suffer from a mental illness, you may find these feelings being amplified and strongly taking hold before you realize. Yet, despite these feelings, whether simmering beneath the surface or spilling over, it’s not impossible to reach your goals of any size. Therefore, I felt it prudent to compile a list of five well-known people who’ve accomplished their goals and dreams despite the fight going on within themselves. It shows that you too can beat the odds, and that your mental illness does not define who you are or what you can accomplish.
Lady Gaga
Stefani Germanotta, otherwise known as Lady Gaga, deals with not only post-traumatic stress disorder, but fibromyalgia as well—a condition she only recently revealed she had in her newest documentary. Despite this, Lady Gaga has gone on to win a slew of awards including six Grammys and is one of the top powerhouses of music with well over 20 million albums sold worldwide.